The Top 10 of 2009 – Vote For Your Favourite Wedding Photos!

Hi guys,

2009 was a busy year for us – over 50 weddings, countless amazing images, and super happy clients!

We’ve put together a little selection of our favourite 10 images from the year… which was an amazingly difficult task!
Obviously, we can’t include a shot from every wedding – but these are a few which stood out to us. If there is a particular photo of ours that you think we’ve missed & deserves to be in the top 10, send us an email & we’ll include it.

So there it is – vote for your favourite image by posting a comment, with your name & the number / name of the image you’re voting for – and help us decide (just for fun!) the “2009 Wedding image of the year”.

To spice things up a bit, we’ll give a framed enlargement of the winning photo to the couple who’s photo is voted #1.

Only one vote per person please – we’ll monitor the email addresses / IP addresses so no ballot stuffing!

Get voting – closing date for votes is 5pm Sunday 28th Feb.

Enjoy!

In no particular order, here are the images…

#1 – Colin & Nicky in the Britomart Train Station – they were so positive about the rainy weather on the day, and we headed for an indoor location… without a permit. So after being chased out once by security, we managed to get this shot. I love the backlighting which outlines their faces, and the cool colour tones.

#2 – Rebecca at Woodlands – this was actually a quick grab shot at the very end of the bridal party shoot – Rebecca was walking down this muddy track all by herself – I just love the combination of the unlikely environment and the fact she’s all by herself. I find this quite a haunting image, and it has stuck with me all year.

#3 – Sarah & Ian on a misty dune at Karekare beach. Epic. This looks straight out of Lord of the Rings for me – majestic, misty, almost ominous! These guys came all the way from Canada to be married in beautiful Aotearoa – and to me this encapsulates our country.

#4 – Maureen pirouettes in front of a conveniently placed “pirouette” sign! This wall was out the back of one of our photo locations, and – like many of our favourite shots, was almost an afterthought. I like the punchy colours, and obviously how the text on the sign reflects the action in the shot. It sums up Maureen & Rino’s wedding – urban & funky, while still being elegant & graceful.

#5 – Kevin hopes the rain will clear for the wedding that afternoon (it didn’t). There are many elements about this image I like – the symmetry of the deck, the reflection on the wet wood from the flash coming in from the side, the moody clouds… but most of all, I love the beam on Kevin’s face – the fact that it’s raining, and he didn’t let it phase him one bit.

#6 – Sarah & Ian decide to get right into the waterfall during their wedding shoot at Karekare. OK – we know that there are 2 of Sarah & Ian’s shots in our top 10… but when you get into a waterfall on your wedding day, you’re allowed to be one of the photographer’s favourites! This is just an epic, adventurous photo!

#7 – Larissa holds back the tears as her dad walks her down the aisle. This for me, is one of the most emotional captures of my year. I love the expression on her face – it’s so real. To me, this sums up what weddings are all about, and I just love it.

#8 – Matthew & Sarem at Woodlands. A while back, we were looking for a photo to go onto a wedding canvas montage alongside the word “love” – this was it.

#9 – Glen & Amanda at Woodlands. Again – this image just speaks to me about love. I like that it’s almost a bit cheeky, they just couldn’t stop smiling the whole day, and I really get a sense of that from this shot.

#10 – James & Terianne at Vilagrad. I submitted this image for a print competition a while ago and the judges loved it – they commented on the significance of the wine barrels representing the maturing of a relationship that is marriage… I dunno – I just think this is a beautiful photo of an amazing couple!

Sarah’s MOM absolutely loves #3 but Sarah’s DAD thinks that #6 is by far the most beautiful wedding picture ever! They both are, but in order to make our decision we flipped a coin and DAD won out! So, we vote for #6 – Sarah & Ian in the waterfall. Your photography is outstanding!

#5 has so much in it. The amazing stormy clouds,the depth of field, the awesome reflection in wood of all things,the stunning colour and grain in the deck,outstanding symetry, the cool white brolly and then theres the radiant groom. What a composition!

Photo #8 beautiful pic, they look so deeply in love and its as if everything around them in that moment you can feel the depth of relationship between them, Matthew so perfectly emotions right then and plus he has show a ring, it’s absolutely beautiful wedding photo.